There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast

Carla Pettigrew

Carla is: a bookdragon; a 50-something with psychology and counseling degrees with post-grad work in grief/loss/trauma, sex crimes, and forensic anthropology; a woman who has lived in three haunted houses; a former freelance journalist and counselor, who is never bored; a disabled introvert who sees connections everywhere--like John Nash, only less math-y; a knitting fidget who loves horror movies with a skewed passion. Like one of her heroes, Harriet the Spy, she wants to learn everything and write in all down in her commonplace book. Join her (and sometimes her friends) in her strange library as she INFJs everything from unused angles. It’s going to get weird in the best way. Let’s play. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast--4761852/support.

  1. 05/05/2025

    Rattlesnake Kisses and Caviar Dreams: 100

    In which Carla and her co-author and friend Robert Ford have fun and find cupcakes. Hope you do as well. Video version to follow shortly. Uninterrupted by ads on all feeds. List of Bob's works robertfordauthor.com: Instagram, Bluesky Rattlesnake Kisses (Knucklebucket) by Bob Ford and John Boden Cattywampus (Knucklebucket) by Bob Ford and John Boden Wounds to Wishes: Tales of Mystery and Melancholy by Bob Ford, John Boden, and Chad Lutzke the beginning of Ruth Chew's series: The Wednesday Witch the beginning of John Bellairs' Lewis Barnavelt series: The House with a Clock in Its Walls Prisoners of Cell Block H theme song thanks to archive.org Tales From the Dark Side opening credits Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission. How to Support Cupcakes: Subscribe to ad-free episodes and the newsletter at theremightbecupcakes.com (hosted by ghost.io), Shop at Bookshop for physical books and ebooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books, https://bookshop.org/shop/theremightbecupcakes Shop at libro.fm for audiobooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books, Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores. and please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes. To listen to my short story "Holly Jolly Christmas" that introduced Bob and I, go to episode 75, "Holly Jolly Horror". Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast--4761852/support.

    41 min
  2. House of Leaves Recap 4 and 5/5: Build a Casket for My Tears: 98

    03/15/2025

    House of Leaves Recap 4 and 5/5: Build a Casket for My Tears: 98

    In which Carla goes deeper into the Five and a Half Hallway and The Three Attic Whalestoe Letters of the House of Leaves novel (fourth and fifth episodes in the series). Remember, Mother loves you. The House of Leaves universe:
 House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 
 The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves 
 Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, Spotify Demented domiciles: the term I coined for houses in literature and movies for houses that are just Not Right. My favorite is Anne Rivers Siddons’ The House Next Door. Referenced and Recommended: Elizabeth: A Novel of the Unnatural by Jessica Hamilton Ovid’s Metamorphoses Daphnis and Chloe by Longus Philip Larkin, The Complete Poems Pisces: https://thoughtcatalog.com/january-nelson/2021/05/pisces-woman/ The Seafarer: https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/the-seafarer/ The Battle of Maldon: https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/battle-of-maldon/ Homer’s Odyssey Aeschylus's Oresteia Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis The Killing of a Sacred Deer Journey to the Center of the Earth by H. G. Wells, narrated by Tim Curry The Deep House The Descent and The Descent 2 The Blair Witch Project Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission.

 How to Support Cupcakes: 
Subscribe to ad-free episodes and the newsletter at theremightbecupcakes.com (hosted by ghost.io), 
Shop at Bookshop for physical books and ebooks, supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books Shop at libro.fm for audiobooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books,  and please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.

 Where to Find Cupcakes:
 Reddit: r/theremightbecupcakes
Bluesky:  theremightbecupcakes.com The Story Graph Contact: carla@theremightbecupcakes.com
 
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    1h 25m
4.8
out of 5
61 Ratings

About

Carla is: a bookdragon; a 50-something with psychology and counseling degrees with post-grad work in grief/loss/trauma, sex crimes, and forensic anthropology; a woman who has lived in three haunted houses; a former freelance journalist and counselor, who is never bored; a disabled introvert who sees connections everywhere--like John Nash, only less math-y; a knitting fidget who loves horror movies with a skewed passion. Like one of her heroes, Harriet the Spy, she wants to learn everything and write in all down in her commonplace book. Join her (and sometimes her friends) in her strange library as she INFJs everything from unused angles. It’s going to get weird in the best way. Let’s play. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast--4761852/support.